By signing the Treaty of Picquigny, this ruler saved his country from an English invasion. That invasion occurred after the Battle of Barnet, which ended his plan for an alliance between the Earl of Warwick and Margaret of An
By signing the Treaty of Picquigny, this ruler saved his country from an English invasion. That invasion occurred after the Battle of Barnet, which ended his plan for an alliance between the Earl of Warwick and Margaret of Anjou to keep Edward IV in exile. The power of this ruler was opposed by the League of the Public Weal, and in his early life he plotted against his father, Charles VII. After using Swiss forces to win the Battle of (*) Nancy, this Valois monarch ended his long feud with the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold. For 10 points, name this French king whose intricate scheming earned him the nickname of "the Universal Spider."
By signing the Treaty of Picquigny, this ruler saved his country from an English invasion.
{Louis XI} the Prudent [prompt on the {Spider King} or the {Universal Spider} before mention]